Ohio Poll Worker Investigated For Possibly Voting For Obama Up To 6 Times

Poll workers count authority slips generated by electronic voting machines while preparing to close the Driving Park Recreation Center polling place at the end of voting during election day November 6, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. Citizens around the United States head to the polls to vote on the country's next president including in Ohio, a state with 18 electoral votes, where the race between US President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is very close. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio (CBS Cleveland) — An Ohio poll worker reportedly admitted to voting for President Barack Obama twice in the November 2012 election, but is being investigated for possibly voting up to six times for him.

WCPO-TV reports Melowese Richardson, who has been a poll worker for the past 25 years, is being accused of voter fraud in Hamilton County.

“I did let her know that I was getting the absentee ballot for her and sending it in. I had to get her Social Security number for that,” she told WCPO. “I assumed she forgot or was just excited and she went to the polls herself.”

“Markus Barron lives here. Joseph Jones is my brother. He’s here from time-to-time. I am Montez’s power-of-attorney. I voted for her in her absence,” Melowese Richardson told the station. Officials said that the handwriting that appeared on those ballots were similar.

Richardson says she will fight these charges.

“Absolutely, I’ll fight it for Mr. Obama and for Mr. Obama’s right to sit as president of the United States,” she told WCPO.

Richardson’s hearing will take place Feb. 22 before the Hamilton County Board of Elections.